British Empire Responds To German Challenge In Shipyards
The narrator details British wartime shipyards from the Clyde to foreign docks, describing vast productions of destroyers, submarines, and battle cruisers. He notes unified imperial resolve, massive labor force including many women, and the relentless pace of munitions work as England mobilizes for total war.
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Delta
Germany
Lusitania
England
India
Africa
Canada
New Zealand
Earth
Jutland
Oe An
Hercules
Clyde
Submarine Tactics and Merchant Ship Safeguards
A Grimsby patrolman describes submarine tactics at daybreak and dusk, noting periscope visibility and smoke tactics to dull sight. He argues many sinkings result from culpable negligence and urges merchant ships to follow Admiralty safeguards to avoid mines and attacks. He reflects on encounters where surface flags reveal subterfuge and stresses vigilance and adherence to fairways.
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T. Cumiference
Admiralty
Men Who Howl With the Enemy
A discussion on those who oppose war on principle and those who defend the war yet fail to advocate peace during difficult times. The speaker denounces individuals who shift to praise for the war only after enemy advance gains momentum.
Lost Markets for Germany War Supply Shift
After the war Germany loses essential wares once supplied from Charlottenburg. Royal Doulton in Lambeth now produces porcelain and laboratory wares like crucibles and evap orating dishes, rivaling prewar German goods in quality and price, reshaping international markets for mineralogy and assay supplies.
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Germany
Imperial
Charlottenburg
Royal Doulton We
Lambeth
Canadians in California rally for Allied cause
The Canadian Society of Southern California held a large gathering expressing strong pro Allied sentiment. President Geo E Hin led the event and a greeting from Sir John Hendrie, Ontario’s Lieutenant-Governor, underscored Canada’s wartime duty and loyalty to the British Empire.
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Southern
California
Geo. E Hin
Joh S Hendrie
Ontario
Sir John
Canada
British Empire
Hervntory
Imi
Sharks Teach Caution as Rescue Follows Misadventure
A crash of waves after a fall left a swimmer in peril before a shark approached and guided the rescuer. The incident underscores the danger of frank encounters at sea and the need for careful behavior around marine life.
French Premier Briand Denounces Premature Peace Plea
Brizon questions continuing bloodshed seen as necessary to defend France. Briand responds that France endured a brutal, unjust invasion and belittles negotiations while ten departments are occupied. He warns a so called peace would invite future war and insists on victory to secure lasting world peace. London Telegraph reports.
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Chamber of Ties
Vely
Newthal
M. Brizon
M. Briand
France
Meg Sying
Rmank
Germany
Rizon
London Telegraph
New Copper Fields Reported in Polar Region
A discovery of native copper on Prince Albert Island near the Arctic coast is hailed by Dr. Chester A. Reed of the American Museum of Natural History as valuable for science and promising for mining. His party, arrived in America, aims to study tides and winds in the Polar region and test theories about unknown lands near Greenland.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Prince Albert Island
Chester A. Reeds
American Museum of Natural History
Reeds
Te Eo Aeeca
Polar
Via
Co Be
Greenland
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Boone
Gillette
Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada
Lloyd George
Yasir
Parliame
Briand
Bovril
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